LIJ Emergency Room Gets Kravet Boost
BETHPAGE, New York — Kravet Inc. 2011 golf and tennis fund raiser for the benefit of Long Island Jewish Hospital celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Syosset branch this past summer. A substantial sum was raised on behalf of the Emergency… Read more.December 2, 2011
Contract Supplier Harmontex Adds Residential Fabric Lines From West
GUANZHOU, China —Harmontex, the contract specialist wholesaler which offers western lines, has just launched an effort for the first time in residential fabrics according to Samuel Hui, managing director of this Sankon China division. … Read more.December 2, 2011
Babei Launches BellaBello Brand to Penetrate Domestic China Market
HANZHOU, PR China—Babei has opened its first of what may be 100 residential shop in shops for its BellaBello brand at the LaCasa showroom in the Derlook building in Hangzhou and expects to be a $50 million company within five years including… Read more.December 2, 2011
Z-Wovens Offers New Upholstery Line, U.S. Warehouse On-Stream At Year End
Shanghai, China — Zhongwang Holding is exporting 70 percent of its Hangzhou mill production to the USA, Middle East, Europe, particularly the UK, Brazil and Russia in that order according to Rena Yang, marketing director. The 2010… Read more.December 2, 2011
Ragolle Throws Its Hat in the Contract Ring for the First Time
WAREGEM, Belgium —Ragolle, a major weaver of residential fabrics, is integrating a complete line of contract fabrics to its collection with the absorption of ITM designs, a Belgian contract mill acquired in September. The contract lines… Read more.December 2, 2011
Nelson Mandela Inspires Marcovaldo's African Line
LOS ANGELES—Marcovaldo, a 25 year old converter of trims and fabrics will show its new South African inspired Mandela collection of 300 fabric sku’s in 12 designs at Showtime in High Point, N.C. in December.Marcovaldo sells to jobbers, furniture… Read more.October 21, 2011
Collins Drives Thornber Busby & Busby Export Sales
LANCASHIRE, UK— Thornber Home & Leisure Ltd. is looking to the U.S. jobber and manufacturer for increased sales of its low to middle ranges of woven fabrics.“We sell our volume production to the UK furniture trade including DFS but we… Read more.October 1, 2011